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Friday, February 3, 2023

Church member is the inspiration for new movie


Five women over 80. 

One GOAT. 

Eighteen weeks of football. 
 
It adds up to a story of great friendships and fandom that’s now a feature film: “80 for Brady,” starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sally Field and Rita Moreno; it opens in theaters Feb. 3. 
 
Elizabeth “Betty” Pensavalle, 94, is one of the five women whose devotion to the Greatest of All Time quarterback Tom Brady inspired the movie. Brady, whose production company is one of the film’s producers, and retired tight end Rob Gronkowski also appear in the film.
 
Pensavalle joined First UMC in North Attleboro, MA, in 1955. “When people ask me how long I’ve been a Methodist, I say, ‘I was a Methodist in the womb.’” Her parents and grandparents were Methodists, and like her were active in the church.

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